Dying for Dollars

The headline read, “How tens of thousands of patients who weren’t actually dying wound up on hospice care.” This appeared in the Washington Post on Sept. 15, 2016. The reason, according to this article, was that “hospice companies earn more by recruiting patients who aren’t actually dying.” As a result of this revelation, the Office of Inspector General “has investigated and is investigating hundreds of hospice fraud schemes.”

Source: Caring for the Ages - February 28, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Jerald Winakur Tags: Meditations on geriatric medicine Source Type: news